Posted by NunYa Bidness on 12/24/94 11:28

On 4 Oct 2005 10:10:01 -0700, "selaboc" <c64fan@hotmail.com> Gave us:

>
>Jeff Rife wrote:
>> No One (aintnoway@blahblahblah.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> > Alpha wrote:
>> > > http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories.aspx?Microsoft%20invents%20a%20%E2%80%98one-play%20only%E2%80%99%20DVD%20to%20combat%20Hollywood%20piracy&StoryID=B7480068-F1F6-4C7B-A7A5-EEFCED0320CB&SectionID=F3B76EF0-7991-4389-B72E-D07EB5AA1CEE
>> > >
>> >
>> > Put movie in a Linux box, rip on first view, burn to DVD. Yeah,
>> > that helps.
>>
>> Your idea would work phemononally well if the discs were actually DVD-Video
>> discs, but they aren't:
>>
>> "The revolutionary product could be on the market as early as next year,
>> with the new DVD players needed to view them."
>
>And how long do you think it will take for some enterprising hacker to
>whip up a ripper program for them?

What makes you think they will EVER be playable on a PC?

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